DANVERS – That the St. John’s Prep soccer staff defeated Boston College High, 41-20 on Saturday is probably not stunning, however the way it occurred definitely was.
St. John’s trailed their Catholic Conference rivals twice earlier than scoring 28 straight factors within the third and fourth quarters and securing the victory on Homecoming Day at Glatz Field.
“It’s disappointing,” mentioned St. John’s Prep coach Brian St. Pierre. “We have to play better than that. BC High played hard. It’s a Catholic Conference game, but we did not play well. At any other school, it would be one thing, but here the expectations are so high.”
With 6:24 left within the third quarter, BC High (1-6) took a 14-13 lead on its first possession of the second half on a 6-yard run by Jacob Bierenbroodspot and an additional level from Rory Kennelly.
St. John’s Prep (5-2) regained the lead on the subsequent sequence when Patrick Bancroft barged in from the 1-yard line for his second landing of the day with 2:44 left within the third.
On its subsequent possession, St. John’s added one other landing when sophomore quarterback Deacon Robillard threw a 50-yard landing move to Georgia-bound standout Joenel Aguero.
While BC High stopped St. John’s on fourth and a pair of on the BC High 5 on the hosts’ subsequent possession, St. John’s particular groups and protection added two extra touchdowns to broaden the result in 41-13 with 4:12 left within the fourth. Stephon Patrick returned a punt 40 yards for the subsequent landing with 5:27 remaining and Aguero closed out St. John’s scoring with a 36-yard interception return.
“We just woke up,” mentioned Aguero. “We just had to get it together at that point.”
BC High added another landing with 3:06 left within the recreation when Maxwell Galvin discovered Bierenbroodspot on the best sideline for a 67-yard scoring play.
“They have kids on that team going to SEC and Big 10 schools,” mentioned BC High coach Ed Mantie. “We played hard, I liked how our team battled. We had some goal-line stands and we’d stopped them on fourth down a few times. I was happy with our defense but we could have done a little more on offense.”
St. John’s Prep led 13-7 at halftime. The hosts had the ball contained in the BC High 10 4 occasions, however completed the half with a pair of discipline objectives from Jackson Selby and a 5-yard landing run from Bancroft.
Selby kicked his first discipline aim on the finish of St. John’s first possession. Quicenos Santiago picked off a move on the BC High 22 to start out the drive. St. John’s obtained to the BC High 6 on 4 performs earlier than Selby kicked his 23-yarder.
BC High took the lead with 7:07 left within the second quarter on s 19-yard run by Brody Rice. Kennelly’s kick made it 7-3.
St. John’s Prep regained the lead on its subsequent possession when Bancroft scored from the 5. He opened the sequence with a 12-yard achieve and Robillard linked with Jesse Ofuria for a 21-yard achieve on the play earlier than Bancroft’s landing.
Selby added to St. John’s Prep’s lead with a 38-yard discipline aim with 4 seconds left within the half.
In addition to scoring BC High’s first landing, Rice picked off a move in the long run zone with 3:30 left within the third quarter.
In a ceremony previous to the sport, Aguero was introduced together with his jersey for the Under Armour All-American recreation, which he had been chosen to play on this January.
“It was a big honor,” he mentioned. “I’d wanted to play in that game since I was a kid.”
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